Ladies undergarment

ABSTRACT

An improved ladies&#39;&#39; panty garment having unique stretchability characteristics made of blanks of material, comprising a main body blank, a rear and crotch blank, a rear reinforcing blank, and an absorbent crotch piece, such that the top of the absorbent crotch piece is connected to the bottom of the rear reinforcing blank and the other edges of the rear reinforcing blank and the absorbent crotch piece are connected to the same seams which connect the main body blank with the rear and crotch blank.

States Patent 1 1 Silverstein Dec. 10, 1974 LADIES UNDERGARMENT [76]Inventor: Murray Silverstein, 3 Jordan Dr.,

Great Neck, L.l., NY. 11021 221 Filed: May 7,1973 21 Appl. No.: 357,689

[52] US. Cl 2/224 A [51] Int. Cl, A41b 9/04 [58] Field of Search 2/224A, 224. R, 225, 226, 2/238 [56] References Cited I UNITED STATES PATENTS1,937,899 12/1933 'Le Coney 2/224 A 2,772,419 12/1956 Silverstein.,

2,837,096 6/1958 Leveillee.... 2/224 A X 3,237,625 3/1966 Johnson 2/224A X 5/1967 Wyss a a1 2/224 A x 6/1970 Atlee 2/224 A x Primary ExarriinerH. Hampton Hunter 57 ABSTRACT An improved ladies panty garment havingunique 'stretchabilit'y characteristics made of blanks of material,comprising a main body blank, a rear and crotch .blank, a rearreinforcing blank, and an absorbent crotch piece, such that the top ofthe absorbent crotch piece is connected to the bottom of the rearreinforcing blank and the other edges of the rear reinforcing blank andthe absorbent crotch piece are connected to the same seams which connectthe main body blank with the rear and crotch blank.

2 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures 1 LADIES UNDERGARMENT BACKGROUND OF THEINVENTION This invention relates to ladies panty garments andconstitutes an improvement of the ladies garments described and claimedin U.S. Pat. No. 2,772,419 issued to the same inventor hereof. Thatpatent describes and claims a novel panty garment made up of blanks ofmaterial without the need for an excessive number of seams, such thatthe wearer has maximum freedom of movement, yet at the same time thepanty conforms to the body without riding up on or chafing the wearer.

In later years, it has become desirable'to include additional featuresin ladies panty garments. Thus, in accordance with the presentinvention, it has been found desirable to have absorbent material, suchas terrycloth, placed in the crotch section. However, without thepresent invention addition of such afeature to the panty garmentdescribed above could detract from its novel features by necessitatingextra seams, thus detracting from its unique stretchability and comfort.

characteristics. Further, the presence of such a seam would interruptthe ventilation pattern of the garment causing poorer ventilation anddiscomfort. It is therefore the object of this invention to provide animproved ladies panty garment containing an absorbent crotch sectionwithout detracting from the unique features of the ladies panty garmentdescribed and claimed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,772,419.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The above-mentioned object is accomplishedby altering the reinforcing section of the prior art garment so that itnot only reinforces the rear section, but also acts to allow anabsorbent crotch piece to be secured to its end without the need foradditional external seams in they main crotch section. Further, sinceone end of the added absorbent crotch material is connected to thereinforcing material ratherthan to the main garment itself, a continuousair space is maintained between the main garment on the 'one hand, andthe reinforcing material and absorbent crotch piece on the other handinsuring good ventilation.

Other advantages of the presentinvention will become apparent from thefollowing description and drawings where:

FIG. 1 is an elevation of the front of the'garment.

FIG. 2 is an elevation of the rear of the garment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the blank used in forming the 'main body of thegarment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the blank used in forming the rear and crotchsection of the garment.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the blank used to reinforce the rear of thegarment and act as an anchor for the absorbent-crotch piece.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the absorbent crotch piece of the garment.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross sectional view of the crotch section of thegarment;

Referring first to FIG. 3, the main blank 10 is of generally rectangularshape having an upper substantially straight edge 11, opposed side edges12 and 13 which are substantially straight and outwardly inclined, and alower edge having a plurality of concavely curved sections including arelatively short central edge section 14 and a pair of spaced somewhatlonger edge sections 'and has a straight upper edge 15 and 16 whichbecome substantially straight as shown at 1 7 and 18 terminating at thebottom of edges 12 and 13 respectively. The material of this blank isdesigned to be stretchable mainly in the direction of the arrow shown inFIG. 3 which is in a direction parallel to its upper edge, i.e., aroundthe waist of the wearer or in a longitudinal direction. The blank issomewhat stretchable in the direction from top to bottom of the wearer,i.e., in the vertical direction, but this stretchability should be of alower order than in the longitudinal direction.

Referring 'nowto FIG. 4, the second blank 19, which forms the crotch andrear section is of elongated shape 20, a somewhat shorter convexlycurved lower edge 21, and opposed side edges, including straight upperedge sections 22 and 23 and somewhat shorter concavely curved lower edgesections 24 and 25. This blank is mainly stretchable in the verticaldirection as shown by the arrow in FIG. 4 although it also may stretchsomewhat in the longitudinal direction.

Referring now to FIG. 5, the third blank 26,.which reinforcesthe crotchand rear section and provides an anchor for the absorbent crotch pieceis also of elongated shape having-a straight uppe'redge 27, a somewhatshorter concavely curved lower edge 28, and opposed side edges includingstraight upper edge sections 29 and 30 of the same length as edges 22and 23 of blank 19, and shorter outwardly inclined lower edges 31 and32. This blank is also mainly stretchable in the vertical direction asshown by the arrow in FIG. 5 although some stretchability in thelongitudinal direction is permitted.

Referring now to FIG. 6, the fourth blank 33 which is generally made ofabsorbent material is also of elongated shape having a convex upper edge34 having the same curvature as edge 28 of blank 26, concave side edges35 and 36 having the same curvatureand length as edges 24 and 25 ofblank 19 and a convex bottom edge 37 having'the same curvature andlength as edge 21 of blank 19. This blank is also mainly stretchable inthe vertical direction and somewhat stretchable in the longitudinaldirection.

When the garment is assembled so as just to produce a reinforced garmentas illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 2,772,419, i.e., without the novelfeatures of the present invention, edges 21 of two blanks 19 arestitched to lower edge 14 of blank 10 to form stitch line '38, as shownin FIG. 1 and edges 12 and 13 of blank 10 are stitched to edges 22 and23 respectively of two blanks 19 to form stitch lines 39 and 40respectively as shown in FIG. 2. Without the present invention, if onewanted to add an absorbent crotch piecesuch as that illustrated in FIG.6 tothis garment, it would be placed in the garment and edge 37 stitchedto stitch line 38 while edges 35 and 36 were stitched to edges 24 and25. Edge 34 would then have to be stitched to blank 19 resulting in anunwanted additional external seam such as that shown in dotted lines at41 in FIG. 2. This unwanted seam would detract from the uniquestretchability characteristics of the garment as well as interruptingthe air circulation between the rear andcrotch sections.

In accordance with the present invention, these problems are eliminatedby using the rear reinforcing blank as an anchor for the absorbentcrotch piece and thus,

replacing the unwanted extra external seam with an internal seam whichdoes not harm stretchability or alter the ventilation. In assembling thegarment, the absorbent crotch piece 33 is first attached to reinforcingblank 26 by stitching edge 34 to edge 28. Then when the garment isassembled, as described above, when edges 12 and 13 of blank arestitched to edges 22 and 23 of blank 19, edges 29 and 30 of blank 26 arestitched in along the same stitch lines 39 and 40 and edges 31 and 32are simply stitched to the top of edges 24 and 25. Also, when edge 21 isstitched to edge 14, edge 37 is also stitched in along the same stitchline 38. By following this procedure, the result is a ladies pantygarment which contains an absorbent crotch piece but which has noexternal extra seams such as 41 to detract from the stretchabilitycharacteristics of the garment and at the same time has a reinforcedrear section without detracting from the ventilation characteristics ofthe garment since air is free to circulate through the entire length ofthe rear and crotch section without interruption. Also, if the absorbentcrotch piece is made of a material which is of relatively coarse threadsas compared to the relatively fine threads of the balance of thegarment, then these relatively coarse threads will provide extendedbearing points which will help to keep the absorbent crotch pieceseparated from the rear and crotch blank further insuring that air isfree to circulate between themfuther increasing the ventilationcharacteristics of the garment. This feature of the invention isillustrated in FIG. 7 which shows an enlarged crosssectional view of thecrotch section of the garment. Threads 42 are the absorbent coarsethreads which make up crotch piece 33. Because of their coarseness inrelation to the fine threads which make up the balance of the garment,such as the crotch section 19' of the rear and crotch blank 19, bybearing against the fine threads of crotch section 19, they serve tofurther keep the crotch piece 33 and the crotch section 19' separated,further increasing the ventilation characteristics of the garment. Afterthe above assembly process has been completed, appropriateelastic meansare attached to the waist and leg hole sections to complete the garment.

What I claim is:

l. A ladys panty garment made of blanks of material, comprising a mainbody blank mainly stretchable in a longitudinal direction, a one piece,outer rear and crotch blank, an inner rear reinforcing blank, and aninner absorbent crotch blank, all ofsaid rear, crotch and reinforcingblanks being mainly stretchable in a vertical direction, wherein the topedge of the absorbent crotch blank is stitched to the bottom edge of therear reinforcing blank and the other edges of the rear reinforcing blankand the absorbent crotch blank are stitched to the same seams whichconnect the main body blank and the rear and crotch blank whereby acontinuous space for circulating air between said inner and outer blanksextends from the rear waist portion of the garment all the way throughthe crotch portion to the top of the crotch portion at the front of thegarment.

2. In a lady s panty garment formed from two blanks of generallyelongated shape, one of said blanks enclosing a major portion of thebody'of the wearer and having a generally straight upper edge, a loweredge having a plulity of concave edge sections, and opposed, somewhatshorter generally vertical edges, said concave lower edge sectionsincluding a relatively short central section and sections on each sidethereof which terminate at the outer ends in straight sections, saidblank being stretchable in a direction extending around the waist of thewearer, the second blank being stretchable vertically thereof and havinga straight upper edge forming the rear upper edge of the garment, aconvexly curved lower edge, and opposed lower side edge sections ofconcave contour and substantially straight upper side edge sections, thelatter edge sections being stitched to the opposed vertical edges of thefirst blank to form a body enclosing section, the lower edge of thesecond blank being stitched to the central concave lower edge section ofthe first blank to form a crotch section, the lower concave side edgesof the second blank and the remaining lower edge sections of the firstblank forming the lower edges of the leg encircling sections, theimprovement which comprises a third blank being stretchable verticallythereof positioned on the inside of said second blank and having astraight upper edge and straight opposed side edges being of the samesize as the upper edge and straight upper edge sections of the secondblank respectively and having a lower concavelycurved lower edge andshort outwardly inclined opposed lower edge sections, and a fourth blankmade of absorbent material stretchable in a vertical directionpositioned on the inside of said second blank and adjacent the loweredge of said third blank and having a convexly curved upper edge of thesame size and curvature as the lower edge of third blank, concavelycurved opposed side edges being of the same shape and curvature as thelower side edge sections of the second blank, and a convexly curvedlower edge being of the same size and curvature as the lower edge of thesecond blank, the upper edge of the fourth blank being stitched to thelower edge of the third blank and the other edges of the .third andfourth blanks being stitched to the same seams which connect the firstand second blanks.

1. A lady''s panty garment made of blanks of material, comprising a mainbody blank mainly stretchable in a longitudinal direction, a one piece,outer rear and crotch blank, an inner rear reinforcing blank, and aninner absorbent crotch blank, all of said rear, crotch and reinforcingblanks being mainly stretchable in a vertical direction, wherein the topedge of the absorbent crotch blank is stitched to the bottom edge of therear reinforcing blank and the other edges of the rear reinforcing blankand the absorbent crotch blank are stitched to the same seams whichconnect the main body blank and the rear and crotch blank whereby acontinuous space for circulating air between said inner and outer blanksextends from the rear waist portion of the garment all the way throughthe crotch portion to the top of the crotch portion at the front of thegarment.
 2. In a lady''s panty garment formed from two blanks ofgenerally elongated shape, one of said blanks enclosing a major portionof the body of the wearer and having a generally straight upper edge, alower edge having a plulity of concave edge sections, and opposed,somewhat shorter generally vertical edges, said concave lower edgesections including a relatively short central section and sections oneach side thereof which terminate at the outer ends in straightsections, said blank being stretchable in a direction extending aroundthe waist of the wearer, the second blank being stretchable verticallythereof and having a straight upper edge forming the rear upper edge ofthe garment, a convexly curved lower edge, and opposed lower side edgesections of concave contour and substantially straight upper side edgesections, the latter edge sections being stitched to the opposedvertical edges of the first blank to form a body enclosing section, thelower edge of the second blank being stitched to the central concavelower edge section of the first blank to form a crotch section, thelower concave side edges of the second blank and the remaining loweredge sections of the first blank forming the lower Edges of the legencircling sections, the improvement which comprises a third blank beingstretchable vertically thereof positioned on the inside of said secondblank and having a straight upper edge and straight opposed side edgesbeing of the same size as the upper edge and straight upper edgesections of the second blank respectively and having a lower concavelycurved lower edge and short outwardly inclined opposed lower edgesections, and a fourth blank made of absorbent material stretchable in avertical direction positioned on the inside of said second blank andadjacent the lower edge of said third blank and having a convexly curvedupper edge of the same size and curvature as the lower edge of thirdblank, concavely curved opposed side edges being of the same shape andcurvature as the lower side edge sections of the second blank, and aconvexly curved lower edge being of the same size and curvature as thelower edge of the second blank, the upper edge of the fourth blank beingstitched to the lower edge of the third blank and the other edges of thethird and fourth blanks being stitched to the same seams which connectthe first and second blanks.